Pen-ejecting holder.



H. A. KEHL.

PEN EJEGTING HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1913.

1,090,862, Patented Mar. 24, 1914.

wi bwzoow W .h'ltsabtomw HOWARD A. KEHL, OF NORTHPORT, MICHIGAN.

PEN-EJECTING HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 23,

Patented Mar. 2d, 1914i.

1913. Serial No. 769,480.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOWARD A. KEHL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Northport, in the county of Leelanau and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pen-Ejecting Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to pen holders and more particularly to that class of pen holders that are adapted to release the pen with out the hands coming in contact with the pen.

The object of this invention is to provide a pen holder of the above description that will securely hold the pen in the holder and will discharge the pen by merely pressing a lever head or button.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved means for holding the coil spring used in connection with this inven tion.

With these and other objects in view this invention consists of certain tions, constructions and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 section showing a charged from the holder. taken on line 3-3 of Fig. tion taken 011 line 4% of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the spring holding means. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the spring holding means showing the downwardly bent fingers in engagement with one end of the spring. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the blank from which the spring supporting means is formed. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the spring used in connection with the locking lever. Fig. 9 is a plan view of a pen with the engaging aperture formed therein.

Referring to the morals: 10 denotes pen dis- Flg. 3 is a section 1. Fig. 4 1s a secparts by reference nuthe body of the pen holder having the cylindrical sleeve 11 mounted on one end, said cylindrical sleeve 11 provided with an opening 12 adjacent the end of the body 10. pen guiding block 13 is secured in the opposite end of the sleeve 11 from that of the opening 12 and is provided with the pen guiding or receiving slot 14. Carried within the cylinsecuring means passes, and an upstanding portion 17 having an enlarged rounded head 18 at its upper end, said head 18 provided with a plurality of tongues 19. This member 15 is secured in the sleeve 11 intermediate the end of the body 10 and the inner face of the pen guiding block 13. spring 20 is carried in the cylindrical sleeve by the angle supporting member 15 and one end of the coil spring 20 rests flatly against the enlarged rounded head 18 of the member 15, and the end of the springsecured thereto by means of the downwardly bent tongues i The opposite end of the coil spring 20 is adapted to be positioned against the substantially semi-circular pen engaging disk 21 thereby normally urging said disk outwardly. Itwill be seen by carefully observing Fig. 4 that this disk 21 is substantially semi-circular in shape and therefore is guided by the rounded sides of the sleeve 11. Pivotally mounted on a pin 22 that is secured in this sleeve 11 is a locking lever 23 that comprises an upward and forwardly extending end 24 terminating in a downwardly projecting finger 25. The opposite end of the locking lever 23 is provided with an upwardly extending finger engaging member 26 that passes through the opening 12 in the sleeve 11. A flat spring 27 is secured to the sleeve 11 by the rivets 28 and is provided at its inner end with a plurality of upwardly extending cars 29 that are adapted to straddle the inner end of the locking lever 23, thereby forcing said inner end upwardly.

It will be understood that inasmuch as the pen has an aperture 80 formed adjacent its end that by inserting the pen in the slot 14:

; thereby pushing the dlsk 21 to the position as shown in l ig. 1, the downwardly extending finger 25 of the locking lever 23 will engage said opening in the pen and hold the same in a locked position inasmuch as the spring 27 will keep the finger in the opening. When it is Wished to discharge the pen from the pen holder, all that is necessary is to press the member 26 thereby rocking the locking lever 23 which finger 25 from It is obvious that minor changes may be made in the form and construction of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof. It is therefore not wished to confine the invention to the exact form herein shown and described, but it is wished to include all such as properly come within the scope claimed.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new, is:

1. A pen holder comprising a body, a sleeve carried thereby, pen guiding means carried by one end of said sleeve, a pen positioned in said guiding means and provided with an aperture adjacent one end, an angle support carried by said sleeve, said support provided with a plurality of downwardly bent tongues adapted to engage one end of the coil spring, the other end of said coil spring engaging a pen engaging disk to normally exert said pen engaging disk outwardly, and a lever engaging said pen for holding the same in said sleeve.

2. A pen holder comprising a body, a

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sleeve carried thereby provided with an aperture adjacent the end guiding means carried by said sleeve, a pen positioned in said pen guiding means, said pen provided with an opening adj aoent one end thereof, means for normally exerting said pen outwardly, a lever pivotally mounted in said sleeve, comprising a body, a downwardly extending foot at one end of said body adapted to engage said opening in said pen, and an upwardly extending member at the opposite end of said lever, said member passing through said opening in said sleeve and a spring carried by said sleeve provided with upwardly extending ears at its end, said ears adapted to straddle one end of said lever for normally holding said lever in engagement with said pen.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afl ix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

HOWARD A. KEHL.

Witnesses A. G. RUENAUVER, MINNIE E. KEHL.

addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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